Last year, Canterbury metro topped the list with 3054 offences, and Counties Manukau Central was the runner-up with 2610 seatbelt offences. Distracted drivers using their mobile phones were the most prolific in the Canterbury metro area, clocking up 2058 offences and $157,600 in fines to police. Drivers on their phones in the Central Auckland district were the second worst, with 1887 offences this year, until September, totalling $145,920 in fines. On more than 28,000 occasions this year, drivers in the Canterbury Metro districtwere caught speeding by the cameras. Canterbury (Metro) – 28,748, totalling $1.55 million in fines2.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2019 16:52 UTC